Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Re: Discovery SVX
DG wrote:
Your post is wasted on the club waving cavemen here Evo5man
Thanks DG, I shall wear that badge with pride
I certainly know where I won't be looking to get any fashion advice from if I want to leave the cave behind...
2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
5th May 2018 3:10 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Lot of people are quick to pick fault with Gerry McGovern but he’s the reason LR are still here today. He’s oversaw the design of one car that’s divided opinion and now he’s Satan himself, but of course if he gets the Defender right all will be forgotten 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
5th May 2018 3:38 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
Red Merle wrote:
DG wrote:
Your post is wasted on the club waving cavemen here Evo5man
Thanks DG, I shall wear that badge with pride
Oh ...I didn't mean you
5th May 2018 3:45 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
@ J77: I'm not really used to thinking in the timescales that LR do in terms of the Defender replacement
It'll probably leave it up to the next generation to judge the success of the new Defender's design...
Does anyone else here remember the development period for the Norton W4nkel engine?
(Credit: Shobba)
2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
5th May 2018 3:55 pm
epninety
Member Since: 12 Oct 2012
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 329
kajtzu wrote:
Funny how things change. Previously, matte could be found on cars that one painted with a spray can in your backyard. Now matte is associated with the high-high end.
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. I saw a guy driving a Lambo that had been wrapped in a burgundy matte. It just looked to me like it was in primer and he was saving up for some paint - like in my younger days
5th May 2018 4:01 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6753
I had a door painted matte on my Opel Kadett MY84 (that’s a Vauxhall Astra something to all you Britons) because, shall we say, financial constraints.
A few hundred years ago the ideal rich person was supposed to be white as a sheet, only workers (peasants) had a tan. Now people pay to go to Benidorm or Canary Islands to get a tan.
5th May 2018 4:25 pm
Evo5man
Member Since: 20 Jun 2017
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 9
Re: Discovery SVX
DG wrote:
Evo5man wrote:
Had a great day at Eastnor Land Rover Experience Centre today and spotted a SVX in the car park
Love the matte paintwork and the wheel\tyre combo 8) ...not so keen on the orange.
Your post is wasted on the club waving cavemen here Evo5man
I seem to have facilitated some healthy debate with my photos
It does seem to be a 'marmite' car, love it or hate it.
For what it is worth, from my close inspection I would comment as follows:
1. I didn't like the orange bits.
2. I didn't like the matt paint finish.
3. I did like the led light bar neatly moulded into the roof cross bar.
4. I did like the interior finish.
I hope this post keeps the 'healthy debate' going
5th May 2018 9:37 pm
jimbg
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 478
You shoud have shared it with the Disco5 forum and they may have had a different reaction!
6th May 2018 7:50 am
Pollski
Member Since: 22 Jan 2011
Location: Kent
Posts: 149
Thought the car looked ok. Not sure the matt is a great idea with all the insects that thing will hit.
But on another level, WHITE LEATHER INTERIOR ?????
Please remind me what this car is supposed to be used for? I'm very very confused.My16 HSE Landmark - 2016 - Current. Indus Silver
My11 HSE - 2011- 2016. Stornoway Grey
10th May 2018 9:51 am
Pollski
Member Since: 22 Jan 2011
Location: Kent
Posts: 149
Saying that though, I'm loving the electric blue next to it. My16 HSE Landmark - 2016 - Current. Indus Silver
My11 HSE - 2011- 2016. Stornoway Grey
10th May 2018 9:53 am
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
Noticed its been removed for the SV line up ?
4th Jun 2018 3:21 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10441
So has the 3l petrol In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
4th Jun 2018 4:06 pm
DiscoStu
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Location: London
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